Is Paloma a boy or girl name?
Paloma is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 267 girls and 0 boys were named Paloma, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 10,416 US babies named Paloma were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #971
- Babies named Paloma since 1921
- 10,416
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 411 babies
Boys and girls named Paloma, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0 | 17 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1960s | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 131 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 699 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,875 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 3,065 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 3,230 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 1,394 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 267 | #971 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 265 | #974 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 280 | #959 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 309 | #883 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 273 | #940 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 290 | #915 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 298 | #904 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 303 | #891 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 290 | #946 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 306 | #903 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 314 | #871 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 359 | #758 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 346 | #788 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 317 | #834 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 407 | #703 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 411 | #706 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 377 | #779 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 329 | #857 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 317 | #847 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 303 | #838 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 289 | #853 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 281 | #861 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 241 | #932 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 272 | #841 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 245 | #898 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 202 | #1,016 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 207 | #979 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 216 | #922 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 201 | #960 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 184 | #1,010 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 194 | #960 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 188 | #988 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 186 | #1,013 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 159 | #1,119 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 138 | #1,221 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 118 | #1,325 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 89 | #1,517 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 71 | #1,715 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 91 | #1,416 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 60 | #1,876 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 84 | #1,395 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,901 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 58 | #1,865 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 42 | #2,363 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 31 | #2,925 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 30 | #2,911 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 25 | #3,170 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 24 | #3,238 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 16 | #4,102 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 9 | #6,306 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 10 | #5,646 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 8 | #6,490 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 9 | #5,798 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 5 | #8,321 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 6 | #4,687 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 5 | #5,617 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 6 | #4,963 |
Highest rank
Paloma has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #703 in 2010. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.